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Updated on 2024-10-29 GMT+08:00
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How Is SMN Billed?

You only pay for what you use with no minimum fee.

Billing Items

You pay based on the number of message notifications and downstream Internet traffic. For details, see Product Pricing Details.

Table 1 SMN billing items

Billing Item

Description

Messages
  • SMS: You are billed based on the number of SMS messages sent under each topic in each region every month.
  • Email: You are billed based on the number of emails sent under each topic in each region every month.
  • HTTP/HTTPS: You are billed based on the number of requests sent under each topic in each region every month. You are billed once for each 1 million requests every month.
  • FunctionGraph: You are billed based on the number of function calls, but SMN messages to FunctionGraph are free.

Downstream Internet traffic

When your notifications incur Internet traffic, the first 1 GB is free for each month, and extra traffic will be billed per GB according to the Huawei Cloud standard traffic fee.

Cost Elements in Different Scenarios

SMN is billed based on downstream Internet traffic and notification messages.

The costs for sending different types of messages relate to different elements:

  • SMS: SMS notifications
  • Email: Email notifications+Downstream Internet traffic
  • HTTP or HTTPS: HTTP or HTTPS notifications+Downstream Internet traffic

Renewal

For details, see Renewal Management.

Expiration and Overdue Payment

For details, see Service Suspension and Resource Release and Payment and Repayment.